Used2 - A Zach Dempsey Story

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So yeah, that's all that happened. You asked me on a date, i thought you were a good guy but obviously that was just a facade. And in that case, welcome to your tape Marcus.

Tears poured down my face as I listened. It was unbelievable, Marcus has been one of my best friends. He's so nice. Never did it once pass my mind that he could do something like this. Pulling the earphones out of my ears, i walked towards my class.

Taking my seat, I realised this was development class. And I sat next to Marcus,
"See you later bro, hey Kelsey" my head whipped around to Marcus walking through the class door, he placed his hand on my shoulder but I flinched away,
"Don't fucking touch me" he looked at me confused and smiled,
"You don't look to good" My eyes started to water as he placed his hand on my knee,

"Listen here, you may be able to touch Hannah, but I'm not gonna let you do it to me as well. Sicko" I whisper shouted at him. The second the words left my mouth, his eyes widened and he let go of me in defeat. Standing up I walked out the class,
"Please my I be excused?"

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"Is she awake?"
"I'm not sure"
"So she just passed out?"
"Yeah I saw her in th-"
"MOVE THE FUCK OUT THE WAY THATS MY GIRLFRIEND"

Opening my eyes, I was greeted with Clay, my brother Dylan and Zach walking in with his posey. Taking in my surroundings, I was placed in my living room with a blanket wrapped around me,

"What happened?" I asked confused,
"You were dehydrated, clay found you passed out on the benches outside" Dylan replied. I closed my eyes as a thrashing pain shot through my head. I nodded and looked around again,
"We'll leave you guys alone" Dylan said, grabbing Clays arm and pulling him away.

"Hey baby" Zach said soft and quietly, sitting down next to me and stroking my hair. More and more tears poured out my eyes,
"hey... hey, what's wrong?" He asked caressing my cheek,

"Please get them out" I ordered in a low voice, referring to the two boys that followed him. Justin and Alex,
"What do you mean?" He asked curiously,
"JUST GET THEM THE FUCK OUT" I shouted, at this point I was now hysterical.

"Guys leave." Zach said pushing them out the door,
"Oh yeah and why?" Justin said, now getting in Zach's face
"Because you're a liar, you, Alex, Marcus, Jessica, Courtney, Tyler and god knows who else!" I shouted, now standing up but loosing my balance the second I did.

The room became silent once I spoke, Zach, Alex and Justin all looking at each other in worry,

"Kelsey, how do you know this?" Zach asked nervously, I leaned closer and whispered in his ear,
"I'll tell you if they leave..."

Zach eyed the two boys signalling that they should leave. Sighing, they both left and Zach led me to the couch.
"Please baby, tell me" More tears fell and I began to speak,

"Hannah left tapes Zach. 13 tapes for 13 reasons as to why she killed herself. And whoever is on her list is one of the reasons why. I can't do it anymore Zach. I'm loosing all my friends because of these stupid fucking tapes! I can't trust anyone yet I can't bring myself to stop listening. I'm so scared Zach..."

at this point I couldn't breathe, I was etching for breath whenever new tears fell, I poured my heart out to him while he held me close. Stroking my hair and whispering things like, it's okay, don't worry baby.

"So umm. What tape are you on?" He asked awkwardly. I looked up at him,
"Number 5, why?" I sniffed. His posture stiffened and he ever so slowly pushed me off him.

"I have to go" he said anxiously,
"Excuse me?" I scoffed. He shook his head and grabbed his jacket.
"I need to think things through"

And with that, he left. He left me when I needed him the most. Is shook my head and drowned my blanket with my tears.

Thanks a lot Zach Dempsey